Wasteland 2 Director's Cut Digital Classic Edition

I thnik Wastelands 2 is a succesfull mashup of Jagged Alliance 2 and Fallout 1 & 2. Great atmosphere, partly difficult quest and the freedom of choice wich absolutly influent the progressing story. Therefor this game invites to play it a few times to explore everything. I haven't tried the hardcore mode yet, but the hard one is an accurate rise of difficulty. Creating your party will take a little more time and you will definetly do it a second time after a few levels, but I think thats usual for the RPG character of the game. I'd wish for a little more differences between the characters. Few more Char-Pictures, or benefits for being a small/large character (more agility/more strengh) for example. By the way the splitting of lock picking and safe-cracking is absolutly unnecessary and I missed a skill for throwing knifes and grenades, cause every explosive hits exactly where want to... Sometimes it's difficult to get an overview of the items on the map and in the inventory, but I got used to it. The last 'negative' point for me is a little lack of tactics like night-vision or stealth mode, wich would have made the fight much more interesting. All in all a really funny and authentic game in a post apocalyptic world with it's dark and funny situations. And it will give you lots of entertaining hours of gameplay

Unlike the original Wasteland 2, the Director's Cut Windows version MUST be 64 bit as stated in the official FAQ for this game. See - https://wasteland.inxile-entertainment.com/backer-information/release-faq Shame on GOG for not making this clear.

This is a great Indy level game if you go in expecting a AAA title you will be disappointed. As is you get a fun game with a good story and some lite RPG elements. CON: The combat is fairly simple and not deep on strategy while the camera can be fairly annoying this is why I knocked it a star. Well worth the purchase.

Very solid RPG, better than any Bethesda game. I've spent over 120 hours playing it 2 times and I've enjoyed it very much. There were some weaker moments but in the end, when I saw the ending slides I realized that I got attached to some of the characters and would like to know what happened next. Quests here are nothing special, they're usually fetch quests or kill quests, but they are above Bioware or Bethesda level. What's more there are consequences to your decision which cover many options. Sometimes it's only A or B choice (i.e. a binary one) but very few contemporary RPGs have even that. Usually, even if there is a choice it's A or A (i.e. the choice is virtual). Many players have complained about loot being scattered all over the place. While I agree that it's not too believable and doesn't fit that well in a postapocalyptic setting it's not a deal breaker for me. The truth is most people have OCD and can't stop themselves from trying to open every container they find and waste time. If they would restrain themselves I can guarantee that the game would become much more enjoyable. As for the fights, combat system is primitive but again, much better than in other new (i.e. 2002 and later) RPGs. The cover system is a very nice addition and the fact that high ground makes a huge difference and some of the obstacles that are used for cover can be destroyed makes it even better. With combat speed set at maximum level fights are never that long and aren't tedious. It was satisfying for me to dispose an opponent from over 40 m away with my sniper rifle or blowing them up with RPG-7 or melting them with plasma hammer. The music is also great with many memorable moments (like the Hammer and the Book song). Graphics aren't that bad and comparing them to D:OS is pointless. Exploring the map and trying to survive in the wasteland is also fun. Anyway, Fallout 1 > Fallout 2 > Fallout New Vegas (it's Obsidian game not Bethesda game) > Wasteland 2 >= Underrail >> Fallout Tactics > shit >> Fallout 3 > Fallout 4

The Elvis_Nilsson review is very precise. This looks and plays like a test run for something better being developed, and is clearly a game attempting to rework FOTactics. The most important improvement is the camera rotation even if it is sluggish, but as others have mentioned it has many negatives: 1) You can't set up ambushes out of combat, only position your team in somewhat advantageous positions. 2) Weapon damage is unrealistic, an FAMAS does not do significantly less damage than an M16. And weapon range is totally unrealistic: 30-06 rounds can kill at 300 meters as well as it can at 30 meters. Ranged weapons (maybe not energy weapons) should have 5 times their current range limits, but have accuracy diminish over distance. 3) You can drink irradiated water with no bad effects and one radiation suit works for the whole team. 4) Apparently Rangers don't eat. 5) Why no vehicles? There are tons of parts lying around. 6) You're a Ranger, but it gives you no benefit except for pushing the plot. The Ranger Headquarters should provide at least SOME supplies (Like 20 rounds of ammo a day) for no cost. They do provide free medical. 7) The splitting of Lockpick and Safecracking is stupid, but creating a Brute Force skill to break down gates instead of using strength is moronic. 8) NO sneaking. 9) Enemies should drop all their possessions when killed. If this causes game balance problems, the creators should have balanced the game differently. 10) Guns jam too often. The atmosphere is good in the game. The character creation is fairly balanced. I don't mind taking an hour to create a good team with balanced skills, although the idea that safes, locks and computer programming gets harder as you get further away from Ranger Citadel makes no sense. Finding ammo all over the desert, and that enemies have unlimited ammo until they die is stupid. Enemy combat AI is not terrible. Not a bad game, but should have assimilated more good mechanical points from FOT.